Vivid reimagining of the queen shows the Shakespearean scholar what they’re missing

Pat Barker’s sequel continues her vivid reimagining of Greek mythology

Theatre, dance and literature events can all be enjoyed online

The actor on the appeal of Helen Mirren and discovering the artistry of Odilon Redon

Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list

The Irish Times literary editor was one of 82 foreigners polled by the BBC to choose the 100 best British novels. Read how he got on

The last in a trilogy about a trio of artists is at its best in the Blitz, writes Eileen Battersby

War writing at heart is about the ambivalence of loyalty to class, nation, and friends, and of belief and the business of being human, and more recent Irish writing on the Great War, in reopening a closed chapter in our history, is no different in exploring all those ambiguities

Psychiatrist Brendan Kelly recounts how the condition was treated in an Irish hospital in his book

The crime writer has turned away from Northern Ireland for his new novel, about a murder in a German nudist religious cult in the South Pacific a century ago

Ahead of an appearance at the Galway Film Centre, Jimmy McGovern, writer of TV dramas Cracker, Hillsborough and Sunday, is frank about being a ‘troublesome leftie’, meeting Martin McGuinness and bad writing